Employer profile
Cognizant Worldwide
856 certified H-1B filings across 8 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
18
FY2025 median
$119k
Top role
Senior Manager
305 filings · all-time
Top state
TX
97 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Cognizant Worldwide pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Cognizant Worldwide hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3▼ 83% | $141k |
| FY2025 | 18▲ 125% | $119k |
| FY2024 | 8▲ 33% | $99k |
| FY2023 | 6▼ 85% | $106k |
| FY2022 | 41▲ 116% | $103k |
| FY2021 | 19▼ 96% | $115k |
| FY2020 | 505▲ 97% | $106k |
| FY2019 | 256— | $111k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl I
40%
Lvl II
749%
Lvl III
19323%
Lvl IV
58568%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Manager | 305 | $115k |
| Associate Director | 230 | $111k |
| Manager | 187 | $96k |
| Senior Systems Analyst | 46 | $78k |
| Director | 37 | $109k |
| System Analyst | 17 | $76k |
| Senior Associate | 12 | $72k |
| Ad | 5 | $132k |
| Mgr. | 4 | $99k |
| Sr Mgr | 4 | $116k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 97 | $103k |
| NJ | 92 | $124k |
| IL | 82 | $114k |
| NC | 67 | $109k |
| MN | 56 | $98k |
| CA | 51 | $129k |
| VA | 46 | $112k |
| GA | 44 | $106k |
| AZ | 42 | $98k |
| CT | 39 | $124k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Cognizant Worldwide pay H-1B workers?
- Cognizant Worldwide's median certified H-1B base salary is $119k (FY2025), from 18 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Cognizant Worldwide sponsor?
- Cognizant Worldwide has 856 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2019–FY2026).
- What jobs does Cognizant Worldwide sponsor for H-1B?
- Cognizant Worldwide's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Manager, Associate Director, Manager, Senior Systems Analyst.
- Where does Cognizant Worldwide hire H-1B workers?
- Cognizant Worldwide's top H-1B worksite states are TX, NJ, IL, NC.
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